1st Brew Kit & Equipment

[IrishBeerSnob]

Ok tonights reading is also 1.012.

[LordEoin]

Dryhop it this weekend and bottle it next weekend. It might still drop another couple of points over the week.
I know you're itching to get going, but patience is one of the most important ingredients

[IrishBeerSnob]

Ah i realise patience is essential.
I've had a sip of the wort, i'm assuming the flavour develops as its conditioning.
Gonna dry hop this afternooon or tomorrow. Just have to get me hops.

[LordEoin]

Yes the flavor develops with age, the fizz will make it very different too.
At the moment it's flat warm beer, not very good.

[IrishBeerSnob]

I think my hydrometer is off by 0.02, I tested at 20C today with water and reading was 1.02? Is that possible/common?

Anyway as the readings have been the same the last three days, i've dry hopped today.

I went with 15g of Cascade Leaf, and 15g of Summit pellets.

The plan now is to leave well alone and bottle next saturday.

When it comes to priming - i've a second bucket, how much sugar should I be using for this?

[Will_D]

I think my hydrometer is off by 0.02, I tested at 20C today with water and reading was 1.02? Is that possible/common?

If you do mean 1.020 the you are off by 20 points - that is a massive error (like 40% on a typical beer). Time for a new hydrometer!

If you meant 1.002 then 2 is not so bad just subtract it if you want an absolute reading, if you want a gravity drop then just subtract the 2 uncorrceted readings!

HTH

[IrishBeerSnob]

Sorry yeah i forgot the extra 0.
Thanks, its only a new one with the kit i got - good to know. So that means OG was 1.050.

[LordEoin]

It'll be fine. you'll still have the same gap from OG to FG
I'd probably prime this at 6 grams per liter. If you like fizzy +1, less fizzy -1

[IrishBeerSnob]

Gonna bottle this tomorrow.

So 6g / ltr - 23 x 6 = 138g sugar for priming

Do i boil this sugar in water then put into the bottling bucket?
I'm going to syphon it in from the FV then bottle from there.

Once bottled store at similar temp as fermenting for 2 weeks, then move to cooler area to condition

Have i missed anything?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Did you leave your hops in until you bottled or did you take them out a few days before bottling?

[LordEoin]

sounds good beersnob

[IrishBeerSnob]

Hops still in the bag in the FV
Is there an amount of water i should use?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

good stuff . . . let us know how it turns out.

[LordEoin]

Hops still in the bag in the FV
Is there an amount of water i should use?

you mean for the priming sugar? a half pint should do it, whatever you can dissolve the sugar with

[IrishBeerSnob]

Ah yeah i got that for the priming
Its all bottled now resting in the room at a cosy 20c
Can't wait to taste em!